Tuesday, January 22, 2013

what doesn’t work?...

we are
looking at refocusing our priorities and that it starts with a change of heart so my question is: what
makes this happen?i’ve got to figure
this out.what makes this change of
heart thing happen?

before
we give GOD’s answer to that question let’s look at some things that don’t work
to change our heart.

one
thing that doesn’t work is pressure.pressure
does not work to change your heart.if
someone tries to push you in to a change of heart, what happens?when they push you, what do you do – you push
back.that’s just what we do.so you can’t pressure yourself.GOD can pressure you but other people can’t
pressure you.it doesn’t work that
way.

the
second thing that doesn’t work is guilt.feelings of guilt, they serve real well like a warning light on your
dashboard that says something is wrong and you need to do something.but that’s about how long they should
last.you look at them.there’s a warning.i need to do something.if you try to load yourself down or load others
down with guilt hoping that’s going to change their life it just makes you feel
heavy.it doesn’t change your
heart.it weights down your heart.that’s what guilt does.

then a
third thing that doesn’t work is time.there’s the old phrase “time heals all wounds.”that’s not true.there’s a lot of wounds that time does not
heal.

sometimes
it takes forever then all of a sudden you wake up one day and – boom!– you’re changed.why that day?other times it seems like you change your heart very quickly.why the differences in time?because it’s not a matter of how long.it’s a matter of some ingredients that GOD
puts into place in our lives, a combination of factors that lets this change of
heart happen and allows us to begin to live the life that HE made us to live.